9:42 AM,
Jan. 12, 2013

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BATON ROUGE - Gov. Bobby Jindal wants to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill in an effort to reduce gun-related deaths and injury.

Jindal announced Friday that he will seek legislation to improve gun safety in Louisiana by enabling the state to report to the federally administered National Instant Criminal Background Check System database an individual's eligibility to purchase firearms based on mental health records.

"Too often, both in Louisiana and in states across the nation, the mentally ill are slipping through the cracks and getting lost in the system," Jindal said in a ...